Roger Goldman retired from the partnership in June 2016. Roger practiced law with the firm since 1981. His practice centered on False Claims Act and white collar criminal litigation with an emphasis on healthcare fraud defense. He has handled numerous qui tam proceedings, congressional investigations and grand jury investigations, representing a host of major healthcare corporations, government contractors and telecommunications firms. Roger was regularly cited as a leading attorney by Chambers USA for the District of Columbia: Healthcare category. He was consistently recognized in the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers list and recommended by The Legal 500 US. He was also named one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in healthcare law by Best Lawyers 2014.
Roger has played a principal role in the defense of a number of high-profile healthcare fraud investigations on behalf of clients such as Tenet Healthcare and HCA. He has also successfully litigated to resolution false claims act cases for clients such as National Semiconductor Corporation and Royco, Inc.
In November 2006, Roger was named Corporate Partner of the Year by New York City Habitat for Humanity at their 7th Annual Builder Awards Gala. He has served as Chairman on the Qui Tam Monograph project for the ABA Public Contracts section, Procurement Fraud Committee in 1994. At the time of his retirement, he was the Co-founder and President of Buildable Hours, Inc., a national organization that assembles groups of law firms to build homes with Habitat for Humanity International. As a member of Latham's Pro Bono Committee, Roger actively participated in the administration of Latham's extensive pro bono program.
Prior to entering the practice of law, Roger served as a law clerk to Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1980-1981).
Roger’s publications include:
- “False Claims Litigation 2010 - The Enforceability of False Claims Act Releases: Balancing Competing Interests,” Practising Law Institute, Ch. 8 (November 2010)
- “The Real Good News from GEICO: Reasonable Interpretations Negate Scienter Under the False Claims Act” (Government Contract, November 2007)
- “Stark Naked: The Open Letter Disrobes the Fundamental Flaw in the Tainted Claims Theory of Damages in FCA Cases Based on Stark,” (presented at the ABA 6th Annual National Institute on Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, May 17-19 2006)
- “Twice the Usual Number of Suspects: Preemption of Common Law Recoupment Claims in Medicare Actions Brought Under the False Claims Act,” (presented at the ABA Health Care Fraud 2004 Conference, May 2004)
- “Round Up the Usual Suspects: Use of Common Law Recoupment Claims in Medicare Actions Brought Under the Federal False Claims Act,” (presented at the ABA 4th Annual National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, January 29-31, 2003)
- “T'ain’t that Easy: Bearing the Burden in False Claims Act Cases,” (presented at the ABA 3rd Annual National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, November 28-30, 2001)
- “It's Not That Easy: Why Extrapolation is Inappropriate in the False Claims Act Context,” (presented at the AICPA National Conference, October 2-3, 2001)
- “Tilting at Windfalls: Rejecting the Tainted Claims Theory of Damages in False Claims Act Cases,” (presented at the ABA Health Care Fraud 2001 Conference, May 2001)
- “Is There Any ‘There’ There: Damages and Penalties in False Claims Act Cases Based on Antikickback and Stark Violations” (prepared for the Georgetown Federal Enforcement Seminar, February, 2000)